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The Noonday Witch
The Noonday Witch
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Polednice
2016|Czech Republic| View Trailer

CaSFFA’s 2016 Opening Night film comes hot from the “East of the West” competition at Karlovy Vary. Jiří Sádek’s remarkable debut feature is an HBO Europe co-production, and concerns the mother of a young girl who is forever promising her daughter that her husband will soon join them in the remote country house they’ve relocated to. And yet…

Full of glorious, sun-kissed cinematography, The Noonday Witch draws on Karel Jaromír Erben’s famous folkloric ballad of the same name (in Czech, Polednice) to produce a cautionary fable of similar themes, atmospherics, and intensity to Jennifer Kent’s superb recent Australian film, The Babadook. For Essie Davis, substitute the flamehaired Aňa Geislerová; for the Babadook, the great Daniela Kolářová, and for Adelaide, the gorgeous Czech countryside.

Opening Night in Canberra: The Noonday Witch, including a drink upon arrival at the Arc Cinema at 6pm, before official proceedings commence at 7pm.


Discover more from author Karel Jaromír Erben at Readings.

tags: adaptation, fairy tale, horror, Text and Texture
Director:Jiří Sádek
Screenwriter:Michal Samir, Karel Jaromír Erben (ballad)
Main Cast: Aňa Geislerová, Karolína Lipowská, Daniela Kolářová, Zdeněk Mucha, Jiří Štrébl,
Producer:Matěj Chlupáček
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Thu 15 Sep 7.00pm
ACMI
90 mins
Rating 15 plus
  • Director:
    • Jiří Sádek
  • Screenwriter:
    • Michal Samir, Karel Jaromír Erben (ballad)
  • Main Cast:
    • Aňa Geislerová
    • Karolína Lipowská
    • Daniela Kolářová
    • Zdeněk Mucha
    • Jiří Štrébl
  • Producer:
    • Matěj Chlupáček
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